White House blamed Trump for ordering a government shutdown

The administration of incumbent US President Joe Biden has accused the country's leader-elect Donald Trump of allegedly ordering his fellow Republicans to shut down the US government. The corresponding statement of White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre was published on the official website on December 18.

Earlier, Trump in Truth Social demanded from the Democrats to eliminate the ceiling of the US national debt or significantly increase its level. He linked the importance of this issue to the upcoming vote in the U.S. Congress to adopt a temporary resolution to fund the U.S. government, without which the United States faces a shutdown as early as January 20.

"President-elect Trump and Vice President-elect Vance have ordered Republicans to shut down the government, and they are threatening to do just that," the publication noted.

Jean-Pierre also pointed out that such actions threaten instability across the country.

Earlier, on December 11, the U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) noted that Congress should immediately repeal the statutory ceiling on the national debt, tying the volume of borrowing to changes in government revenues and expenditures.

The next day, December 12, financial analyst Vladimir Levchenko told Izvestia that the US government debt will continue to grow. According to him, Washington has no options but default. The country keeps raising the ceiling of the state debt. As the expert pointed out, devaluation will not help the state in any way, because it will also lead to default.

November 23, the U.S. Treasury Department published data, which reported that the U.S. public debt exceeded $36 trillion for the first time in history.

Specialists of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) back in June called the growth of the U.S. national debt a threat to the global economy. Thus, by 2032, the country's national debt may exceed 140% of GDP. The IMF urged American politicians to carefully consider raising indirect taxes and gradually increasing income tax.